Category Florida History
Diplomacy between Spain and the US over Florida
On this week’s Florida History Podcast we dive into the negotiations and treaty that handed Florida over to the United States. We also discuss the angry reaction to Jackson’s invasion of Florida among Cabinet members, with one exception – John Quincy Adams. We discuss this historic irony as well. You can listen to the Florida […]
Juneteenth Florida History Podcast listening
Zora Neale Hurston Mary McLeod Bethune Florida’s First African-American Elected Officials: Josiah Walls Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs A three-part series on original Underground Railroad which went to Florida. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 — Angola Florida Runaway slaves and Negro Fort Rosewood Reconstruction
May 20 was the day slavery was proclaimed over in Florida
Juneteenth is now a Federal Holiday but that commemorates the ending of slavery in Texas – not Florida. While slavery was abolished in Florida technically by the Emancipation Proclamation, it was on May 20, 1865 that Emancipation was proclaimed aloud in Tallahassee, the state capital. Tallahassee had been the only Confederate capital east of the […]
DeSantis and the Confederacy: About that Moseley Flag
After Governor DeSantis comments on Fort Bragg which we discussed earlier in the week, the conversation about the Governor’s constitutional originalism and fetish for the confederacy is a real talking point. It reminds us that DeSantis embraced a former state flag that was created by Governor William Moseley with a specific purpose – to defend […]
As Coral Springs turns 60, some promotional material from the past
My father passed away somewhat suddenly last month and going through many of his items, I found the below folder – a promotional brochure for Coral Springs, where he lived from 1979 onward to 2023. It’s especially interesting as this is the 60th Anniversary of Coral Springs.
The Jacksonian Conquest of Florida, Native American and British influence on the conflict
This week on the Florida History Podcast, we get into the heart of the Jackson conquest of Florida. Illegal encroachment on Spanish-held territory and racially-motivated brutality against runaway slaves as well as Seminole people characterize this period. We also discuss the influence of Britain on the conflict and their relationship with the native people of […]
Andrew Jackson encroaches on Florida to fight natives and the British
We continue our series on Andrew Jackson and the United States’ theft of Florida this week discussing Jackson illegally pursuing Native Americans in Spanish Florida and attacking the British at Pensacola. The United States and Britain were at war at the time. You can listen to the Florida History Podcast on Anchor (which hosts our show), Spotify, Google, Apple Podcasts, Radio […]
The War of 1812 in East Florida
In our continuing series on Andrew Jackson and the American Conquest of Florida, we focus this week on the conflict which was loosely connected to War of 1812 that took place in the Spanish Colony of East Florida. You can listen to the Florida History Podcast on Anchor (which hosts our show), Spotify, Google, Apple Podcasts, Radio Public, Breaker, Overcast, Castro or Pocket Casts. Overcast, Castro, […]
TFS Archives: The Johns Committee and Purple Pamphlet, Florida McCarthyism
Senator Charley Johns (D-Starke) is one of the best known figures in the Florida Political History for multiple dubious reasons. The leader of the infamous “Pork Chop Gang”. Johns became Governor in 1953 after Governor Dan McCarty the first Governor elected from southern Florida died just months after taking office. Prior to 1968, Florida had […]
The Florida Squeeze 